Panama's public works ministry (MOP) will award the tender to install a temporary bailey bridge over its side of the Sixaola river by end-February, a MOP official told BNamericas.
The Sixaola river connects Panama and Costa Rica and the existing structure is in bad condition.
Three...

Mexican construction giant ICA (BMV, NYSE: ICA) is set to increase its backlog of projects by over US$300mn through new contracts it signed this week.
The company will add some US$150mn to its backlog through its participation in a consortium that will carry out excavation work worth US$268...

CAF approves US$60mn for Guayaquil roadworks (Ecuador)

2010-01-08

The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) has approved US$60mn to partially finance a transfer station and other roadworks in Ecuador's Guayaquil city, the multilateral entity reported in a release.
The transfer station involves a series of works that will improve road infrastructure in the ...

Chilean maritime transport group Empresas Navieras has signed a second MOU confirming a 15% stake in the project to build a relatively low-altitude rail tunnel between Argentina and Chile, Argentine firm CASA reported in a release.
Other players that have signed the first MOU include Brazil...

Cargo handling down in Corinto (Nicaragua)

2010-01-08

Nicaragua's Corinto port on the Pacific coast handled less cargo in 2009 than in the previous two years, local paper La Prensa reported.
The national ports authority EPN said the decrease was due to the effects of the global economic crisis.
Approximately 1.88Mt was handled in 2009...

Bachelet inaugurates extension to metro line 1 (Chile)

2010-01-08

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet inaugurated three new stations on line 1 of capital Santiago's metro system on Thursday, the government reported in a release.
The initiative involved the construction of a 3.8km railway line extension from station Escuela Militar to the Plaza Los Dom&iac...

Highway concessionaire Autopistas del Valle has obtained the approval of a US$300mn loan to start expansion works on the highway that runs from Costa Rican capital San José to the city of San Ramón, local paper La Nación reported.
The loan, together with US$100mn from t...